Wilson lectures on the
British Royal Family and is a regular contributor to TV documentaries and debates on the subject. He has been associate producer of three Channel Four documentaries on royalty, and in 2022 was chief commentator on Queen Elizabeth II's death and funeral for Al Jazeera TV.
In February 2017, as TP Fielden, he published The Riviera Express (HarperCollins/HQ),[4] first in a series of 1950s murder mysteries featuring Miss Dimont, former naval Intelligence officer turned local newspaper reporter. Commencing in 2020 a new series, set in wartime Buckingham Palace and featuring artist/courtier/spy Guy Harford, was published by Thomas & Mercer.
Student journalism
As a result of the death of a young colleague in the
1983 Harrods bombing, Wilson founded in conjunction with St Edmund Hall, Oxford, the Philip Geddes Awards. These encourage student journalists into the profession, and form the core of British journalism's longest-established independent charity which, since its inception, has granted would-be writers prize money worth over £100,000. In recognition of this work Wilson was elected an honorary member of St Edmund Hall's senior common room in 1998.[5]
The Three Printers
The Three Printers sculpture in its new location in 2017
Wilson was instrumental in the rescue of the only public monument to journalism, Three Printers by Wilfred Dudeney (1911–1989). Originally sited in New Street Square behind Fleet Street, the sculpture disappeared during the square's 2005 redevelopment and was destined for a builder's crusher until his intervention. It is now re-sited in the public gardens of the
Goldsmiths' Company in Gresham Street, London EC2.[6]
Publications
(As TP Fielden)
Betraying The Crown - published by Thomas & Mercer, 2022[7]
Burying The Crown - .published by Thomas & Mercer, 2021[8]
Stealing The Crown - published by Thomas & Mercer, 2020[9]
Died And Gone To Devon - published by HQ/HarperCollins, 2019[10]
A Quarter Past Dead - published by HQ/HarperCollins, 2018[11]
Resort To Murder - published by HarperCollins, 2018[12]
The Riviera Express - published by HarperCollins, 2017[13]
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(As Christopher Wilson)
The Riviera Express (as TP Fielden). Published by HarperCollins/HQ, 2017[4]
Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and
Jimmy Donahue, by Christopher Wilson. Published by HarperCollins/St Martin's Griffin, 2002 [14]
The Windsor Knot: Charles, Camilla, and the Legacy of Diana, by Christopher Wilson. Published by Pinnacle, 2002[15]
Around the World in 80 Years, by Christopher Wilson and
Arne Larsson. Published by Ankroon Publishing, 2002[16]
Absolutely…
Goldie, by Christopher Wilson. Published by HarperCollins Entertainment, 1999[17]
A Greater Love, by Christopher Wilson. Published by Headline/William Morrow & Co, 1994[18]
Diana v Charles, by Christopher Wilson and James Whitaker. Published by Viking, 1993/Greymalkin 2018 [19]
By Invitation Only, by Christopher Wilson and Richard Young. Published by Quartet Books, 1981[20]
References
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abBedford Modern School of the Black and Red by Andrew Underwood (1981); reset and updated (2010)